Jacqueline Beauchere, Director of Trustworthy Computing Communications for Microsoft writes on the Microsoft on the Issues Blog :
On Monday, Microsoft received an award from the White House and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the...

Brendon Lynch, Chief Privacy Officer for Microsoft writes on the Microsoft on the Issues Blog :
Today, I am representing Microsoft in a Location Based Services Forum hosted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to discuss how consumers can...

Dan Nicolescu from the Microsoft Malware Protection Center writes on the MMPC Threat Research & Response blog :
This morning my Facebook email address was invaded with spam (scam-spam as I call it) from people in my friends list with subject titles...

The Week in Online Safety, June 20, 2011 A weekly global view of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence
News The debate on how to address the use of social networks by minors continued last week, and an article in ZDNet asked...

We just published a new article to help educate consumers on the risks of using location services and how to do so more safely :
Use location services more safely
Does your phone know where you are? If you've used your phone to find directions...

Last week on the Family Health Blog, the Microsoft HealthVault team announced it would let users sign in with Facebook, and also explained the privacy considerations around the move :
For many folks, Facebook is the Internet --- the social networking...

The Week in Online Safety, June 13, 2011 A weekly global view of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence
News The ongoing controversy over allowing children to use social networks drew the attention of the media, advocates...

Andrew Ko, Senior Director, U.S. Partners in Learning, Microsoft writes on the Microsoft on the Issues Blog :
It’s hard to ignore the pictures in the news of bright-eyed young boys and fresh-faced teen girls with infectious smiles, full of life...

Scott Charney, Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft, writes on the Microsoft on the Issues Blog
Cybersecurity and the overall health of the Internet has become a key concern for governments, enterprises and computer users.
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